Patents by Inventor Ralf Schäfer
Ralf Schäfer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11975332Abstract: An impact reactor for comminuting composite materials having a rotor with impact elements is arranged in a cylindrical casing. An end face of the impact reactor, remote from the rotor, is closed by a cover. A suction opening is assigned to the cover and a classifying device is assigned to the suction opening. Such an impact reactor may be used to process, by way of example, accumulator batteries, mineral wool and raw material.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: SCHÄFER ELEKTROTECHNIK U. SONDERMASCHINEN GMBHInventor: Ralf Schäfer
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Patent number: 11952421Abstract: The present invention relates to bispecific antibodies against ROR1 and CD3, their manufacture and use.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2015Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Bristol-Myers Squibb CompanyInventors: Minh Diem Vu, Klaus Strein, Oliver Ast, Tanja Fauti, Anne Freimoser-Grundschober, Ralf Hosse, Christian Klein, Ekkehard Moessner, Samuel Moser, Ramona Murr, Pablo Umana, Sabine Jung-Imhof, Stefan Klostermann, Michael Molhoj, Joerg Regula, Wolfgang Schaefer
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Publication number: 20240088606Abstract: An electrical connector includes: at least a first housing part and a second housing part, one of the first housing part and the second housing part engaging, at least partially and concentrically, in an other of the first housing part and the second housing part in an engagement region, the first housing part and the second housing part being rotatable relative to one another in the engagement region about an axis of rotation. The first housing part and the second housing part each have a magnetic structure extending, at least in part, circumferentially on an inside or an outside in the engagement region, the respective magnetic structures interacting.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventors: Hrvoje Babic, Ralf Beckmann, Martin Schaefers, Juergen Sahm, Markus Hermann, Markus Michel, Frank Brokmann, Holger Ritter, Markus Hanses
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Publication number: 20240082851Abstract: An impact reactor for comminuting material to be comminuted, comprising a cylindrical casing, a bottom, wherein the casing, the bottom and the cover enclose an impact reactor chamber, wherein a rotor is arranged in the impact reactor chamber, wherein the rotor is provided with impact elements, wherein at least one feed opening is provided for feeding material to be comminuted into the impact reactor chamber, and wherein at least one removal opening is provided for removing comminuted material and/or gaseous comminuted products from the impact reactor chamber, wherein the feed opening and/or the removal opening are closable.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Inventor: Ralf SCHÄFER
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Patent number: 11624440Abstract: The disclosure concerns a seal, in particular a rod seal for sealing an axially movable rod in a guide cylinder, in particular a piston seal for a pneumatically, electrically or hydraulically driven coating agent pump for pumping coating agent, having an annular sealing element for sealingly resting on a circumferential surface of an axially movable rod, and having at least one elastic annular pretensioning element, the annular pretensioning element surrounding the annular sealing element radially on the outside and pretensioning it radially to the inside. The disclosure provides an annular seal base body which externally surrounds and holds the sealing element and the pretensioning element. In addition, the disclosure also comprises an inverted variant in which the seal is arranged in an annular groove in a lateral surface of a piston and lies sealingly against the cylinder running surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 8, 2019Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Dürr Systems AGInventors: Herbert Martin, Martin Stiegler, Hannes Mayer, Ralf Schäfer
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Publication number: 20220152618Abstract: Impact reactor (1) for comminuting composite materials, comprising a cylindrical casing (2), in which a rotor (4) provided with impact elements (5) is 5 arranged, wherein the impact reactor (1) is closed on the end face remote from the rotor (4) by means of a cover (7), wherein an suction opening (8) is assigned to the cover (7), wherein a classifying device (9) is assigned to the suction opening (8), and method of processing accumulator batteries, mineral wool and raw material.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2022Publication date: May 19, 2022Inventor: Ralf SCHÄFER
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Publication number: 20200393045Abstract: The disclosure concerns a seal, in particular a rod seal for sealing an axially movable rod in a guide cylinder, in particular a piston seal for a pneumatically, electrically or hydraulically driven coating agent pump for pumping coating agent, having an annular sealing element for sealingly resting on a circumferential surface of an axially movable rod, and having at least one elastic annular pretensioning element, the annular pretensioning element surrounding the annular sealing element radially on the outside and pretensioning it radially to the inside. The disclosure provides an annular seal base body which externally surrounds and holds the sealing element and the pretensioning element. In addition, the disclosure also comprises an inverted variant in which the seal is arranged in an annular groove in a lateral surface of a piston and lies sealingly against the cylinder running surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 8, 2019Publication date: December 17, 2020Inventors: Herbert Martin, Martin Stiegler, Hannes Mayer, Ralf Schäfer
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Patent number: 10697443Abstract: An exhaust air conduit for a pneumatically powered pump, in particular, from a coating agent pump in a painting plant, is provided. The conduit includes an inlet for receiving the exhaust air from the pump, an outlet for discharging the exhaust air, and an exhaust air channel in which the exhaust air flows from the inlet to the outlet of the exhaust air conduit, and a housing member in which the exhaust air channel extends. A first thermal insulation element is provided in the region of a direction change of the exhaust air channel, in order to prevent an accumulation of the exhaust air directly at the inner wall of the exhaust air channel and thereby to lessen the cooling of the housing member.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2015Date of Patent: June 30, 2020Assignee: Dürr Systems AGInventors: Kevin Preuss, Roland Gerlach, Ralf Schäfer
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Publication number: 20200094443Abstract: The invention relates to a method for recycling fiber composite materials, in which items containing fiber composite material are fed into an impact reactor and comminuted by mechanical loading, wherein the comminution is carried out in such a way that fiber needles with adhering matrix are produced as the comminution product.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2018Publication date: March 26, 2020Applicants: Schäfer Elektrotechnik u. Sondermaschinen GmbH, Carbon-Werke Weißgerber GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Ralf Schäfer, Franz Weißgerber
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Publication number: 20190262840Abstract: Impact reactor (1) for comminuting composite materials, comprising a cylindrical casing (2), in which a rotor (3) is arranged, and an introducing opening (9) for introducing the composite materials and an extraction opening (8) for discharging the comminuted composite materials, wherein at least one further introducing opening (10) for a cooling medium is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2017Publication date: August 29, 2019Inventor: Ralf SCHÄFER
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Publication number: 20190176160Abstract: Impact reactor (1) for comminuting composite materials, comprising a cylindrical casing (2), in which a rotor (4) provided with impact elements (5) is arranged, wherein the impact reactor (1) is closed on the end face remote from the rotor (4) by means of a cover (7), wherein an suction opening (8) is assigned to the cover (7), wherein a classifying device (9) is assigned to the suction opening (8), and method of processing accumulator batteries, mineral wool and raw material.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2017Publication date: June 13, 2019Inventor: Ralf SCHÄFER
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Publication number: 20170152841Abstract: An exhaust air conduit for a pneumatically powered pump, in particular, from a coating agent pump in a painting plant, is provided. The conduit includes an inlet for receiving the exhaust air from the pump, an outlet for discharging the exhaust air, and an exhaust air channel in which the exhaust air flows from the inlet to the outlet of the exhaust air conduit, and a housing member in which the exhaust air channel extends. A first thermal insulation element is provided in the region of a direction change of the exhaust air channel, in order to prevent an accumulation of the exhaust air directly at the inner wall of the exhaust air channel and thereby to lessen the cooling of the housing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2015Publication date: June 1, 2017Inventors: Kevin Preuss, Roland Gerlach, Ralf Schäfer
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Patent number: 9452451Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning device (1) for an atomizer (2) having a specified outer contour, in particular for cleaning a rotary atomizer (2), comprising at least one cleaning brush (5) for cleaning the atomizer (2), wherein the cleaning brush (5) has a specified brush contour. According to the invention, the brush contour of the cleaning brush (5) is adapted to the outer contour of the atomizer (2) so that the cleaning brush (5) nestles up against the atomizer (2). The invention further relates to a corresponding cleaning brush (5) and to a suitable cleaning method.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2011Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: Durr Systems GmbHInventors: Marcus Kleiner, Michael Baumann, Thomas Buck, Ralf Schäfer, Georg M. Sommer, Martin Wurst, Frank Herre
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Patent number: 9386344Abstract: Within the context of the broadcasting of DVB services over an IP network, the trend is to separate the signalling information describing the network and the services offered from the services themselves. The signalling is made available to the terminals via XML files available on HTTP servers.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2005Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: THOMSON LICENSINGInventors: Ralf Schaefer, Yves Maetz
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Patent number: 9192936Abstract: A method for crushing and drying damp wood, wherein the wood is introduced into an impact reactor, which has a substantially cylindrical main body, in the closed interior space of which there rotates a rotor with at least one impact element, which contacts the wood and crushes it into part-constituents while generating a great transfer of momentum. The interior space of the cylindrical main body is assigned a suction removal device, which during the impact crushing removes the mist of moisture produced when the impact element makes contact with the material, and the interior space of the cylindrical main body has admitted to it hot gas, heated by waste heat from a combustion process, at a temperature of less than 95° C., in particular less than 80° C., or the exhaust gas from a combustion process, which after a collision of the impact element with a material constituent penetrates the material constituent in place of the moisture leaving. Also a device for carrying out the method.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2012Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignee: PROACTOR SCHUTZRECHTSVERWALTUNGS GMBHInventor: Ralf Schaefer
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DEVICE FOR THE IMPACT CRUSHING AND DISPENSING OF MATERIALS, IN PARTICULAR WOOD, IN SEVERAL FRACTIONS
Publication number: 20140091164Abstract: An apparatus for crushing material, especially wood, comprising a main body, and an ejection box connected to the main body via an ejection opening, and a first conveying screw in the ejection box beneath the ejection opening for conveying the crushed material from the ejection box, characterized in that a first screen having a first mesh width is arranged beneath the ejection opening, which first screen extends from the ejection opening to the first conveying screw at an incline with respect to the horizontal, and that a sliding surface arranged in an inclined manner with respect to the horizontal or a second screen which has a second mesh width that is smaller than the first mesh width and which is inclined with respect to the horizontal is arranged beneath the first screen, which second screen extends from the main body to a second conveying screw which is arranged beneath the first conveying screw.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 2, 2012Publication date: April 3, 2014Inventor: Ralf Schaefer -
Publication number: 20140075695Abstract: The invention relates to a cleaning device (1) for an atomizer (2) having a specified outer contour, in particular for cleaning a rotary atomizer (2), comprising at least one cleaning brush (5) for cleaning the atomizer (2), wherein the cleaning brush (5) has a specified brush contour. According to the invention, the brush contour of the cleaning brush (5) is adapted to the outer contour of the atomizer (2) so that the cleaning brush (5) nestles up against the atomizer (2). The invention further relates to a corresponding cleaning brush (5) and to a suitable cleaning method.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2011Publication date: March 20, 2014Applicant: DURR SYSTEMS GMBHInventors: Marcus Kleiner, Michael Baumann, Thomas Buck, Ralf Schäfer, Georg M. Sommer, Martin Wurst, Frank Herre
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Publication number: 20140008470Abstract: A method for crushing and drying damp wood, wherein the wood is introduced into an impact reactor, which has a substantially cylindrical main body, in the closed interior space of which there rotates a rotor with at least one impact element, which contacts the wood and crushes it into part-constituents while generating a great transfer of momentum. The interior space of the cylindrical main body is assigned a suction removal device, which during the impact crushing removes the mist of moisture produced when the impact element makes contact with the material, and the interior space of the cylindrical main body has admitted to it hot gas, heated by waste heat from a combustion process, at a temperature of less than 95° C., in particular less than 80° C., or the exhaust gas from a combustion process, which after a collision of the impact element with a material constituent penetrates the material constituent in place of the moisture leaving. Also a device for carrying out the method.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2012Publication date: January 9, 2014Inventor: Ralf Schaefer
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Publication number: 20130199424Abstract: A device and method for producing a fine-grained fuel, in particular from solid, paste-like or aqueous energy feed stocks, by drying and crushing, including an impact reactor having a rotor and impact elements, a labyrinth seal in the region of the rotor shaft of the impact reactor, a device for feeding hot drying gas through the labyrinth seal into the impact reactor and at least one further feed device for hot drying gas in the bottom region of the impact reactor, a feed device for solid or paste-like energy feed stocks in the top region of the impact reactor, at least one extractor device for a gas flow containing crushed and dried energy feedstock particles, and a device for separating and extracting crushed and dried energy feed stock particles from the gas flow extracted from the impact reactor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2011Publication date: August 8, 2013Applicants: PROACTOR SCHUTZRECHTSVERWALTUNGS GMBH, THYSSENKRUPP UHDE GMBHInventors: Ralf Abraham, Stefan Hamel, Ralf Schäfer
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Publication number: 20120312120Abstract: The disclosure relates to a venting assembly for a unit with components running in a lubricant. The venting assembly comprises a housing part, a rotating component which, by a rolling contact bearing, is rotatably supported around an axis of rotation relative to the housing part, as well as a venting channel for venting the assembly, wherein an inner opening of the venting channel is arranged so as to axially adjoin the rolling contact bearing, and wherein, in an axial view, the opening of the venting channel at least partially covers the rolling contact bearing. Furthermore, the disclosure relates to a transmission assembly with such a venting assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2009Publication date: December 13, 2012Applicant: GKN DRIVELINE INTERNATIONAL GMBHInventors: Michael Engelmann, Ralf Schäfer, Kurt Müller